The European Psychoanalytic Film Festival Started in 2001, the biennial European Psychoanalytic Film Festival (epff) has now taken place ten times. With its rich programme of film screenings followed by panel discussions between film directors and psychoanalysts, lectures and workshops, it has been regularly attended by an international audience of between 250 and 300 people. Throughout these twenty years, I had the privilege to be responsible for the organisation and the running of epff: to see it grow and change, to have dozens of colleague psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, filmmakers and film scholars contribute to its success, and to be given the chance to watch hundreds of movies from all over Europe (most of them never commercially distributed in Britain) as well as to meet and work with some wonderful people. Having now decided to resign from my position as epff’s Director and to let others take over from me, I thought it may be of interest to provide an overview of what these ten epffs have offered to those attending them, what they have achieved, who has been involved in them. For this purpose, I have compiled here some factual information which I hope should give at least a general idea of what we have done. Andrea Sabbadini December 2019 epff 1-10 London, 2001 – 2019 Honorary President Bernardo Bertolucci Honorary Consultants Ian Christie, Peter W. Evans, Laura Mulvey, Irina M. Nistor, Catherine Portuges Director Andrea Sabbadini Members of the Organising Committee Caroline Bainbridge, Michael Brearley, Lesley Caldwell, Donald Campbell, Peter Evans, Sergei Grachev, Michael Halton, Isabel Hernandez, Eric Karas, Chris Mawson, Eileen McGinley, Cheryl Moskowitz, Tharu Naidoo, Kannan Navaratnem, Marina Perris, Andrea Sabbadini (Chairman), Isabel Santaolalla, Helen Taylor Robinson, Candida Yates European Consultants Christel Airas (Finland) - Candy Aubry (Switzerland) - Anders Berge (Scandinavia) - Emanuel Berman (Israel) - Donald Campbell (Great Britain) - Ian Christie (Poland) - Peter Evans (Spain) - Johanna Eväsoja (Finland) - Markus Fäh (Switzerland) - Yvonne Frenzel (Switzerland) - Murielle Gagnebin (France) - Paola Golinelli (Italy) - Viviane Janson (Scandinavia) - Igor Kadirov (Russia) - Silvija Lejniece (Latvia) - Laura Manu (Romania) - Elisabetta Marchiori (Italy) - Stanislav Matačić (Croatia) - Talat Parman (Turkey) - Frederico Pereira (Portugal) - Catherine Portuges (Hungary) - Gerhard Schneider (Germany) - Elisabeth Skale (Austria) - Kari Tuhkanen (Estonia) - Susann Wolff (Belgium) - Franziska Ylander (Scandinavia) Presidents of the British Psychoanalytical Society opening the Festivals David Bell, Michael Brearley, Ronald Britton, Cathy Bronstein, Donald Campbell, Roger Kennedy, Michael Mercer, Nicholas Temple Venues of epffs BAFTA (9 times), Royal Society of Medicine (8 times), Regent’s College (3 times), Hackney Picturehouse (once) Venues of Parties Café Royal - Byron House - Dixie Queen boat - London Aquarium - Hungarian Embassy - Romanian Cultural Institute - Italian Cultural Institute - HMS President 1918 - BFI Bar & Kitchen - Cinema Museum Festivals’ themes epff 1,2&3 Open theme epff4 Children in focus epff5 Screen memories from Eastern Europe epff6 Border-crossing: Migration across national and mental states epff7 Secrets epff8 Turning Points: Individuals, groups, societies epff9 Interiors/Exterior epff10 The End FILMS SCREENED (117 from 25 different countries) Austria Caché [Hidden] (Michael Haneke, 2005) - Atmen [Breathing] (Karl Markovics, 2011) - October November [Oktober November] (Götz Spielmann, 2013) Belgium Thomas est amoureux [Thomas in Love] (Paul-Pierre Renders, 2002) Bosnia Halimin Put [Halima’s Path] (Arsen Anton Ostojic, 2012) 2 Croatia A Wonderful Night in Split (Arsen Ostoijc, 2004) - Buick Riviera (Goran Rusinovic, 2008) - Marsal (Vinko Bresan, 1999) - Nije ti Zivot Pjesma Havaja [Family Meals] (Dana Budisavljevic, 2012) Czech Republic Le Carnaval des Animaux (Michaela Pavlátová, 2005) Estonia Disko & Tuumasoda [Disco & Atomic War] (Jaak Kilmi, 2009) - In the Crosswind [Risttuules] (Martti Helde, 2014) - Institute of the Dream (Mati Kűtt, 2006) - Somnambuul (Suley Keedus, 2003) - The Dress (Girlin Bassovskaja, 2007) Finland Benigni (Elli Vuorinen - Jasmiini Ottelin and Pinja Partanen, 2009) - Mother of Mine (Klaus Härö, 2005) - Steam of Life (Joonas Berghall & Mika Hotakainen, 2010) - The Man Without a Past (Aki Kaurismäki, 2002) France Announcements [Annonces] (Nurith Aviv, 2013) - Augustine (Alice Winocour, 2012) - Baluty (from Shoah: The Four Sisters) (Claude Lanzmann, 2017) - Colloque de Chiens [Conversation Among Dogs] (Raoul Ruiz, 1977) - Harry: He is here to help (Dominik Moll, 2000) - L'Adversaire (Nicole Garcia, 2002) - La Maison de Nina [Nina’s Home] (Richard Dembo, 2005) Georgia Namme (Zaza Khalvashi, 2017) Germany Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich [Everything Turns, Everything Revolves] (Hans Richter, 1929) - Boogie-Woogie Daddy (Erik Bäfvin, 2002) - Fritz Lang (Gordian Maugg, 2016) - Ghosts [Gespenster] (Christian Petzold, 2005) - Hotel Sahara (Bettina Haasen, 2009) - Run, Lola, Run (Tom Tykwer, 1998) - Seelische Konstruktionen [Spiritual Constructions] (Oskar Fischinger, 1927-29) - Solo for Clarinet (Nico Hofmann, 1998) - Vormittagsspuck [Ghosts at Breakfast] (Hans Richter 1928) - Zweigroschenzauber [Twopenny Magic] (Hans Richter, 1929) Great Britain Room at the Top (Jack Clayton, 1959) - Abdullah and Leilah (Ashtar Al Khirsan, 2017) - Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945) - Freud’s Lost Lecture (Jane Thorburn, 2019) - Home Movie (Caroline Pick, 2013) - Inside/outside. An Audiovisual Essay (Jonathan Isserow, 2017) - Kissing Buba (Lindy Heymann and Marilyn Milgrom, 2000) - Laid Down (Emily Cooper, 2006) - Milk (Andrea Arnold, 1998) - Mine Own Executioner (Anthony Kimmins, 1948) - Now, Listen (Clifford Yorke, 1972) - Portrait (Angela Feeney and Susanne Lansman, 2017) - Splitting Hairs (Nathalie Abbott, 2014) - Sunday Bloody Sunday (John Schlesinger, 1971) - The Browning Version (Anthony Asquith, 1951) - The Dreamer (Ivor Powell, 2000) - The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949) - The Third Secret (Charles Crichton, 1964) - Vera Drake (Mike Leigh, 2004) - You Are Me (Peter Speyer, 2013) Greece A Song Is Not Enough (Elissavet Chronopoulou, 2003) Hungary Bizalom [Confidence] (István Szabó, 1979) - My Twentieth Century (Ildiko Enyedi, 1989) - Own Death (Peter Forgacs, 2008) Israel A Week and a Day (Asaph Polonsky, 2016) - Broken Wings (Nir Bergman, 2002) - I Think This Is The Closest To How The Footage Looked (Yuval Hameiri, 2012) - In Treatment (Nir Bergman, 2007) - Ever shot anyone? (Michal Aviad, 1995) - Or [Mon Tresor] (Keren Yedaya, 2004) - Scaffolding (Matan Yair, 2017) - The Flat (Arnon Goldfinger, 2011) - Fortuna [My Sister] (Timna Rosenheimer, 2000) Israel/Belgium Twilight of a Life [Au Crépuscule d’une Vie] (Sylvain Biegeleisen, 2015) Italy La Stanza del Figlio (Nanni Moretti, 2001) - First Love [Primo Amore] (Matteo Garrone, 2004) - Fuocoammare [Fire at Sea] (Gianfranco Rosi, 2016) - Histoire d’Eaux 3 (Bernardo Bertolucci, 2002) - Human Capital [Il capitale umano] (Paolo Virzì, 2013) - Io e te [Me and You] (Bernardo Bertolucci, 2012) - Perfetti sconosciuti [Perfect Strangers] (Paolo Genovese, 2016) - Sigmund Freud. Origini e Attualità della Psicoanalisi [Sigmund Freud. The origins of psychoanalysis and its relevance to modern times] (Alessandra Balloni, 2015) - The Soul Keeper (Roberto Faenza, 2002) - The Wind Blows Around (Giorgio Diritti, 2005) - Un’ora sola ti vorrei (Alina Marazzi, 2002) Italy/UK Still Life (Uberto Pasolini, 2013) Latvia Dokumentalists [Documentarian] (Ivares Zviedris and Inese Klava, 2012) - Mellow Mud [Es esmu Seit] (Renars Vimba, 2016) Norway Procter (Joachim Trier, 2002) Poland Cold War [Zimna wojna] (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2018) - Ida (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2013) - Jasminum (Jan Jakub Kolski, 2006) - The Reverse (Borys Lankosz, 2009) Portugal Alice (Marco Martins, 2005) Romania Chuck Norris vs Communism (Ilinca Calugareanu, 2015) - Elevator (George Dorobantu, 2008) - Stuck on Christmas (Iulia Rugina, 2010) - The Christmas Gift [Cadoul de Craciun] (Bogdan Muresanu, 2018) Russia Simple Things (Aleksei Popogrebsky, 2007) - Leviathan [Leviafan] (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2014) - Tale of Tales (Yuri Norstein, ????) - The Cow (Aleksander Petrov, 1990) - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (Aleksandr Petrov, 1992) - The Old Man and the Sea (Aleksander Petrov, 1999) Soviet Union Behzin Meadow [Behzin lug] (Sergei Eisenstein, 1935) Spain La puerta abierta [The Open Door] (Marina Sereseski, 2016) - Leo (José Luis Borau, 2001) - Princesses (Fernando León de Aranoa, 2005) - Sex and Lucia (Julio Medem, 2001) - The Motive [El autor] (Manuel Martin Cuenca, 2017) - The Postcard (Stefan Le Lay, 2009) Spain/France Un Chien Andalou (Luis Buñuel, 1929) Sweden Flickan, mamman och demonerna [The Girl, the Mother and the Demons] (Suzanne Osten, 2015) - My Name Was Sabina Spielrein (Elisabeth Márton, 2002) - Svinalängorna [Beyond] (Pernilla August, 2011) - The Guardian Angel (Suzanne Osten, 1990) - Zozo (Josef Fares, 2005) Switzerland Chris the Swiss (Anja Kofmel, 2018) - La Forteresse (Fernand Melgar, 2008) - Vitus (Fredi M. Murer, 2006) United StatesThe Immigrant (Charlie Chaplin, 1917) FILM DIRECTORS CONTRIBUTING TO PANELS epff1 Michael Apted (clips from various films) - Tom Tykwer (Run, Lola Run) - Vinko Bresan (Marsal)- Lindy Heymann (Kissing Buba) - Ivor Powell (The Dreamer) - Nanni Moretti (The Son’s Room)- José Luis Borau (Leo) - Dominik Moll (Harry: He is here to help) -